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'''June 2021'''
*On 5 June the first charter visited the SVR since England entered its second lockdown, with a private GBRf charter utilising the high profile VSOE Pullman<ref name=bljun21>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljuny21 bljun21 Branch Lines, June 2021]</ref>.
*Between 16 June and 3 July the SVR hosted [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR|a new weedkilling train]] undergoing [[High speed testing|high speed testing]] between Kidderminster and Bewdley.
*The SVR applied for Listed building alterations in association with the conservation, renovation and reodering of [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project|Bridgnorth station]], including reconstruction of the former parcels office and change of use to a shop.<ref name=blaug21>[https://www.svrlive.com/blaug21 Branch Lines, August 2021]</ref>
'''July 2021'''
*A further stabling contract commenced with [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR|five Class 43 HST power cars]] temporarily stored at [[Arley]].<ref name=blaug21/>*Plans for the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] 'Home & Dry' project were submitted to Shropshire County Council.<ref name=blaug21/>*[[Keith Norton]] became chairman of the SVR Charitable Trust.<ref name=blaug21/>
'''August 2021'''
*On 1 August friends and family gathered at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] to celebrate the life of [[John Hill]].<ref name=blaug21/>
*The SVR Charitable Trust’s 'Home & Dry Appeal' reached £330,000 against a revised target of £475,000, because of the spiralling cost of steel and additional improvements needed inside Bridgnorth Loco Works.<ref name=blaug21/>
*It was announced that the 2021 [[Christmas services]] would include the 'Enchanted Express', based around the classic poem ''‘Twas the Night Before Christmas'', narrated by actress Dame Julie Walters.<ref name=blaug21/>
*On 4 August [[GWR 1450]] was moved by low loader to the Flour Mill locomotive repair workshop in Bream, Gloucestershire, where the owner [[Pull Push Limited]] had arranged for its overhaul.<ref name=blaug21/>